Disclaimer: All characters except Control Tower and Red 1 belong to the creaters of Shoujo Kakumei Utena

"Control Tower, situation is critical.(static) We're in deep (static)." "What is the situation Red 1? I repeat, what is the situation?" "Elements of the contained black hole we were studying(static) have leaked and are reacting strangely with(static) some sort of force field around a school..." "A school? With a force field?!" "I...(static) don't know how else to explain it. It seems the substance is causing some sort of temporal disturbance..."

What if such a strange occurance were possible? How would it affect the students of Ohtori Acadamy? Let's find out...

"Anshii-sama! Ohayo!", cried a group of guys as they saw her approaching. "Ohayogozaimasu", she replied mechanically. It was a joke of sorts. Many of the guys who either slept with her or wanted to called her Anshii-sama. Anshii wasn't a sexaholic, most of the time she didn't like it, but it wasn't in her nature to say no to anyone. "Anshii-sama! Ohayo!" "Ohayogozaimasu."

Her cheeks burning with embarassment, she hurried to find Wakaba. Waka ba was her only true friend. In fact many thought Wakaba was a lesbian and Anshii a bisexual. Some of the braver gossips even hinted that they had a threesome with student council member Juri. At one time there were students brave, or stupid, enough to suggest that this was why the guy Juri was dating had left her for her best friend. These students, however, wetre mysteriously expelled, and the rumor left with them.

"Anshii-sama! You're late! Oh, well, it doesn't matter. I'll always be yours anyway!" That said, Wakaba threw her arms around Anshii. Anshii sighed. It wasn't hard to figure out how the rumors started. As they continued to walk, the light glinted off the ring on Anshii's finger. She held up her hand to look at it. "Ohh..", Wakaba breathed, "That's our school emblem, isn't it?" "It does look like it", Anshii replied, still gazing at it. "Where'd you get it?" Anshii sighed and laid her hand against her chest; her face had a faraway look. "Someone gave it to me. A long time ago. A prince, I think, on a white horse. I was very young; I don't remember well. Wakaba nodded sagely. "I know what that's like. When I was a little girl, my mother told me I was queen of the onion Kingdom. And I beleived her." Anshii just smiled.

During a break between classes, Anshii and Wakaba passed by Saionji, or at least they tried to. Saionji grabbed Anshii by the arm, pulling her closer to him. "C'mon baby, we were good together! Why do you want to break it off now?" He stroked her arms and tried to kiss her, but she pulled away. "I can't let myself be abused by you any longer. Besides, you already have a new girlfriend." Saionji at first looked resigned, then slapped her hard across the face. "It's this girl isn't it? You two really are lesbians!" Anshii became enraged. She was really tired of being pushed around! "You're captain of the kendo club, right? Then I challenge you!" "Wha... oh, i see", he said suddenly smiling. "You're the new challenger. Today after school, then. In the forest." 'The forbidden forest... ', Anshii thought with interest.

That afternoon, Anshii stood before the great gates of the forbidden forest, frozen in awe. She had never before come so close to the forest. She was a little afraid, but she couldn't back down. She pulled on the handle and... nothing happened. "Locked?", she said in dismay. Suddenly, an icy cold drop of water splahed against her ring. As she pulled her hand away with a gasp, the gates began to open. She didn't understand it, but what did that matter? She had a job to do.

Anshii began climbing a long, narrow staircase. In her hand she clutched a wooden practise sword. She had never actually used one, an couldn't imagine what had possessed her to challenge the captain of the kendo team. Yet, it somehow felt... fated. Brushing that thought away with a shake of her head, she continued the climb. At the top she saw Saionji with his new girlfriend. Puzzled, she asked Saionji why he had brought her. "It is customary for the rose bride to attend the duels", he said, seemingly surprised that she did not already know. Deciding not to bother with any more questions, Anshii prepared to fight. She looked at her boys uniform wryly. It may have been unorthodox, but she was glad to have the extra freedom of movement today.

Saionji called the other girl over to him. For an odd moment, she looked angry, about to refuse, but then she came as he asked. She pinned a rose on each duelist's shirt. The scent gave Anshii a sense of nostalgia. "I hope you beat the bastard", the girl snarled, cutting Anshii's revere short. Saionji took three quick steps closer and slapped the girl, much the same as he usually slapped Anshii. With one important difference... this girl slapped him back! "Just because I'm the bride and you're the champion doesn't mean you get to slap me around.", she said menacingly. Saionji looked pissed, but quickly regained composure. "I will deal with you later", he said. "Only if you win", she replied.

Then the girl began a strange incantation about someone named Dios. She stopped in the middle of her sentence and leaned back into Saionji's arms. From her chest srouted... a sword? 'It doesn't matter', she thought,' what can his majic sword do to me?' "You must scatter your opponents rose to win", the girl said, seeming uninterested. Before Anshii could blink, Saionji charged! Anshii didn't know what she was doing, but she new she had to deflect Saionji's rapid blows. She thought she may even have been doing well until her wooden practice sword was suddenly sliced in half! "That majic sword is real?" she murmered. "You tho9ught to fight against the sword of Dios with a practice sword? A foolish mistake, Anshii." Mistake or not, Anshii was not going to lose from lack of trying. She would take his attack on her feet. In fact, would attack! With a wordless yell, Anshii charged toward Saionji, what was left of her practice sword aimed toward the rose on Saionji's chest. It was like a desperate dance, her heart pounded in her ears, her focus was the rose. Saionji charged toward her with an expression much like the one she was sure was upon her face. An expression that knew that this was the end. One way or another.

As they passed one another, Saionji turned back to look at her with a superior smirk upon his face. But the smirk disappeared as he realized, about the same time Anshii did, that her rose was unbroken. "It can't be... I... lost?"

Anshii walked back toward her dorm, perplexed. As she finally decided she would not think about it any longer, she looked up and saw the bride. "I am the bride", she said simply," I am now your flower."
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